Schooling Andrew Rabie High School, Port Elizabeth, Class of 1990.
University of Port Elizabeth 1991 - 1993.
Farmer farm Kleineplaats, Zuurberg Mountains, district of Somerset East.
Stud farmer; Nguni cattle, Nooitgedachter horses.
Commercial cattle and boergoat farmer.
"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KP4-RKDJ : 30 May 2023), Heinrich Ferdie Van Der Mescht, 1972.
Event Place Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Port Elizabeth-Sentraal
"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KYF-2NKC : 11 May 2023), Heinrich Ferdie Van Der Mescht, 1990.
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Regarding Auguste van der Mersch's profile on WikiTree, (10:47: Hein van der Mescht merged Amelia Victoria (Claeys) van der Mersch (abt.1828-) into Auguste Sylvain van der Mersch (1852-). (Claeys-377 into Van_der_Mersch-1602 for new LNAB: Correction)) -- please see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Merging. It is only appropriate to merge duplicates, which almost never includes merging a female profile into a male.
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I am getting on well on Wikitree. I am just frustrated and don't know what else to do to trace my Ancestor Johan Michiel van der Mist ( Mesch/Mescht/Miss/Mess the line proginator) in Europe. My handed down information differs significantly from the sources. My greatgrand father who knew his granfather the Proginator of our line had a very different story to tell and my grandfather documented the story, so I am at my whits end!
Conundrums like these make life as you say frustrating. It is not unusual for family history to differ to the sources, You can note this on the profiles you create. As Philip mentioned same person different spellings lead to confusion. As a transcriber for another site, I have seen some records which have in the same record, different spelling for each family member.
I would suggest writing a post in the Genealogist 2 Genealogist (G2G) forum mark as genealogy help.. to get to your G2G link in my earlier message or from the drop down menu from the Help tab top right of your profile.
Tag the post with Brickwall then add a country tag, a surname tag and Sources
Hi Hein, a warm welcome to WikiTree! Many / most of the South African genealogical lines and profiles of the eigtheenth and seventeenth periods (and earlier) have already been made. Many have also been validated with primary sources. I see that you have created a few duplicates, which is problematic because it causes a lot of unnecessary work for all inlvolved. When you create profiles, the system won't show duplicates already existing when the LNAB's (LastNameAtBaptism/Birth) are spelled in different ways. You need to search manually first, sort by date, and then find the already existing profiles. A few handy links to get you started:
(In Afrikaans) - in Suid-Afrika, Nederland en elders word die tussenvoegsel in vanne met klein letters gespel, tensy dit anders op die primêre rekords gespel word, byvoorbeeld van der Merwe, van der Walt, van den Berg, du Preez, de Villiers ens. Die vanne wat aangemaak word met tussenvoegsels in hoofletters (dit gebeur automaties in WikiTree) , kan jy regmaak deur dit in “edit” mode te verander in 'n van met klein tussenvoegsels (met as rede aangee dat dit die konvensie is vir Afrikaanse vanne), en dan weer te “save”.
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Regarding Auguste van der Mersch's profile on WikiTree, (10:47: Hein van der Mescht merged Amelia Victoria (Claeys) van der Mersch (abt.1828-) into Auguste Sylvain van der Mersch (1852-). (Claeys-377 into Van_der_Mersch-1602 for new LNAB: Correction)) -- please see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Merging. It is only appropriate to merge duplicates, which almost never includes merging a female profile into a male.
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Cheers, Liz
I might do it different, I first create the profile and then I will improve & add sources. If you look at the profile you commented on it was done.
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I am getting on well on Wikitree. I am just frustrated and don't know what else to do to trace my Ancestor Johan Michiel van der Mist ( Mesch/Mescht/Miss/Mess the line proginator) in Europe. My handed down information differs significantly from the sources. My greatgrand father who knew his granfather the Proginator of our line had a very different story to tell and my grandfather documented the story, so I am at my whits end!
Regards
Hein
Conundrums like these make life as you say frustrating. It is not unusual for family history to differ to the sources, You can note this on the profiles you create. As Philip mentioned same person different spellings lead to confusion. As a transcriber for another site, I have seen some records which have in the same record, different spelling for each family member.
I would suggest writing a post in the Genealogist 2 Genealogist (G2G) forum mark as genealogy help.. to get to your G2G link in my earlier message or from the drop down menu from the Help tab top right of your profile.
Tag the post with Brickwall then add a country tag, a surname tag and Sources
Also see - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Family_Brick_Walls If you have created a profile you can add this category above the biography heading using [[ ]] to surround the category
Hope this helps, let me know if you have more questions
Perhaps you would like to join the South African Roots Project ? Besides links to sources, there are help pages that might also be useful.
(In Afrikaans) - in Suid-Afrika, Nederland en elders word die tussenvoegsel in vanne met klein letters gespel, tensy dit anders op die primêre rekords gespel word, byvoorbeeld van der Merwe, van der Walt, van den Berg, du Preez, de Villiers ens. Die vanne wat aangemaak word met tussenvoegsels in hoofletters (dit gebeur automaties in WikiTree) , kan jy regmaak deur dit in “edit” mode te verander in 'n van met klein tussenvoegsels (met as rede aangee dat dit die konvensie is vir Afrikaanse vanne), en dan weer te “save”.
I am pleased to confirm you as a member, and welcome you to the WikiTree family, your contributions will go a long way to joining the world together. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do.
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